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What vitamins/supplements do you take?

JC Callender said:
Have you used them before? Are you supposed to exercise while taking them?
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I plan to try them in a week or so.
I have just ordered my first bottle of Belly Trim pills.

They recommend watching the diet and exercise, and not to expect weight loss, with the pill, by itself.

They do not recommend the Weight Watcher concept of shorting the needed daily calories for older people.






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Gladiator said:
I ordered some belly trim pills. There are so many choices of pills to reduce belly fat. I chose Biotrust, no caffeine. The pills are intended to increase the metabolism, 4 ingredients. 2 pills 2 times a day.


Here is an article on weight loss pill ingredients.


Leptin Hormone & Supplements: Do They Work for Obesity & Weight Loss?

10 readily available kitchen ingredients to fight belly fat

https://www.google.com/?#q=10++ingredients,+belly+fat+weight+loss

https://authoritynutrition.com/12-weight-loss-pills-reviewed/







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I just started dieting last Monday. My goal was to loose 2 lbs a week for 15 weeks (which is how long off my winter cruise is), but I'm thinking I may hit that goal long before then. My first week I lost 14 lbs, and two days into my second week I'm down another two and a half lbs.

I'm basically dieting almost exactly like competitive bodybuilders do when they are cutting for a competition. Around 2,200 calories a day, 250+ grams of protein, and I'm not currently paying much attention to my carbs and fats (they just happen to be whatever is left out of my 2,000 calories). I'm pretty much just eating egg white and whey isolate shakes, sugar free high protein greek yoguart, beef and turkey jerky, sirloin steak, grilled chicken salads with lite italian dressing, and an occasional bowl of homemade chili or vegi soup cooked with 7% lean ground beef.

I'm honestly shocked at how fast I lost and how easy it has been. About four years ago I lost 45 lbs, but that was over the course of two years of moderate dieting (and no little helpers). Since then I intentially tried to slowly (two years) "bulk up" hoping I would gain some muscle mass along with the fat (I should know if that worked in a few weeks).

I'm taking clenbuteral and tiros (my "little helpers"), along with a fist full of vitamins and minerals. During that first week, I think I mostly lost stored nutrients and "bloat" (I ate like a pig for the last two weeks before my diet), but I'm pretty sure I'm mostly burning fat now because my arms are already getting a little veiny like they were a few years go when I was really lean.
 
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I stopped nearly all vit/min supplements, having had kidney stones, getting calcium carbonate wasn't a good thing, so the story goes.

For certain dietary issues, supplements can be useful, but I think the widespread over use of them as "medicinal", etc., is just us being nuts about this sort of thing.

People should also keep in mind that most breakfast cereals are heavily fortified with vitamins and minerals, and these are not always in a form that your body can do much with, and in some cases, can be something that hurts you over time. I was eating cereal for breakfast and a mid day snack, and eating white-wheat bread. My calcium from "supplements" was over 100% EXCLUDING all dairy (even excluding the cereal milk). Calcium in supplement form is supposed to be not so good, and not absorbed well. Calcium in other forms is supposedly better. If you take multivitamins on top of that, its just overkill in many cases.

But there is so little real research on this stuff, its mind boggling. I went through 4 physicians, ending with a professor at a teaching/research hospital who basically writes the text/guidelines on certain dietary related medical conditions. And they were very quick to point out how little we know, and how they do the best they can with tiny funding and very limited ability to run tests, because it's on human subjects.

What a rant...sorry. Anyway I saw supplement and it struck that nerve! :)

I agree, a healthy diet, moderation/variety are probably safer overall. Probably tastes better too :p
 
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